diff --git a/cereal b/cereal
index c6b29499c7..a8055c3f21 160000
--- a/cereal
+++ b/cereal
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c6b29499c798ab82ab0d9c01de1d7c512fd33999
+Subproject commit a8055c3f212825096d754c22b25606ef40164054
diff --git a/selfdrive/loggerd/logger.cc b/selfdrive/loggerd/logger.cc
index 5cd7da4a3f..e2308ef73a 100644
--- a/selfdrive/loggerd/logger.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/loggerd/logger.cc
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ kj::Array<capnp::word> logger_build_init_data() {
   }
 
   init.setKernelVersion(util::read_file("/proc/version"));
+  init.setOsVersion(util::read_file("/VERSION"));
 
 #ifdef QCOM
   {